To a cladist,the family Hominidae
A)recognizes that chimpanzees,gorillas,orangutans,and humans are a single monophyletic group.
B)recognizes that chimpanzees,gorillas,orangutans,and humans are a polyphyletic group.
C)does not include humans,making it a paraphyletic group.
D)none of the above
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Cladistics is a method of classifying species of organisms into groups called clades, which consist of an ancestor organism and all its descendants, representing a single branch on the tree of life. The family Hominidae, according to cladistic principles, includes chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and humans as a single monophyletic group, meaning they all share a common ancestor and thus form a complete branch of the evolutionary tree without excluding any descendant lineages.

To a Cladist,the Family Hominidae